You should also contact the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. They're the ones who would track stolen firearms and their serial numbers. This will help if the gun is used in a crime or sold to a pawnshop.

As far as your insurance, I don't know. Calling the insurance agency would help answer that.

Take a length of small diameter 3/16" aircraft stainless flight control cable,(Wire Rope) and on each end of the cable form a small eye by silver soldering. One eye could be placed under the seat mount bolts and the long end of the cable could be passed through the barrel and a lock placed through the other eye, or, locked on to the trigger guard. Might make a thief think it's not worth the trouble.

What matters is not the length of the wand, but the magic in the stick.

Under the back seat of my truck I have a lock for my Benelli(similar to the one in my car),It locks on my shot gun to where its impossible to get out.Under my stearing wheel I have a button and that unlocks it. Get one of those from a police auction or become a cop. you'll never have your gun stolen again, my friend has a pistol one under his seat. Its a great device. Cost is about $100-200.Bryce B(Augusta SWAT and HRT Officer)p.s-sorry ur gun got stolen, I had a revolver stole but never found it,good luck!

The pawn shops get a list from local police every week then have to check any pawned or sold items against. Problem is this will not work when your gun goes to a different location and it pawned there.

Class 3 shooters blow thier load faster and with just one pull on the trigger

I used to bring my pistol inside with me whenever I left the truck. Unfortunately, many of the places I go (including work) do not allow this. Remembering to get the pistol out of the safe every time I went for a drive didn't work for me. I guess I felt safer knowing that this pistol was always in the glove box. Since I now have my Conceal / Carry permit, I will look into installing a safe under my seat. Thanks for all the good info guys.

Just curious. Why would somebody break into your pickup in the first place? Was there something else in your pickup of value laying out in the open(money, expensive stereo/speakers, etc) that tempted a thief to break in?What I'm getting at is, why would someone pick your pickup out of a number of other cars to break into to steal something unless they KNEW there was the Ruger in your glovebox? Who else knew you had this Ruger? Did you ever show it to anyone from work or show it off in front of neighbors?